WO2007062396A2 - Element d'enregistrement de multimedias composite et systeme de formation d'images et procede associe - Google Patents

Element d'enregistrement de multimedias composite et systeme de formation d'images et procede associe Download PDF

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WO2007062396A2
WO2007062396A2 PCT/US2006/061210 US2006061210W WO2007062396A2 WO 2007062396 A2 WO2007062396 A2 WO 2007062396A2 US 2006061210 W US2006061210 W US 2006061210W WO 2007062396 A2 WO2007062396 A2 WO 2007062396A2
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  • the present invention relates to imaging and, more particularly, to a composite media recording element and an imaging system and method utilizing the composite media recording clement for tandem capture of visual information and positional information related to final images.
  • the present invention relates to a composite media recording element and an imaging system utilizing the composite media recording element for tandem capture of information related to final images.
  • the composite media recording elements can be utilized in a system or method to provide aesthetically superior visuals from a camera or an electronic camera capture module to provide resolution of a final image beyond the limits of resolution allowed by existing technology for example, at the level of a pixel or finer resolution.
  • a composite media recording element which comprises at least two recordable information components operable to store and subsequently provide mutually dependent information related to selected portions of at least one final image, a plurality of the information related to selected portions including image information necessary for recreating the at least one final image, a first recordable information component storing image data, the image data stored in response to aspects of an initial light stimulus related to a visual, the final image being a representation of at least one aspect of the visual, a second recordable information component linked to the first information component, storing non-image data related to the image data, the non-image data related to positioning within a specific final image of the image data, the non-image data encoding selected aspects of the physical position of at least the first image information recording component during response to aspects of the initial light stimulus, and the mutually dependent information provided within the element further identifying the final image relevant to all of the information stored within the element, at least when elements related to different final images are not physically separated to distinguish the different final images.
  • the element is one of a plurality of elements comprising image information related to an entire final image, the plurality of elements presented in a motionless state, relative to each other, during initial storage of image data as a function of reaction to an initial light stimulus, the elements being unfixed particles of a selected size capable of shifting position relative to each other when affected externally, the elements remaining unfixed at least during image capture, wherein elements are provided for exposure and data storage in reaction to the light stimulus and following repositioning of elements storing information following the exposure.
  • a composite media imaging system which comprises at least two information storing components operable to store and subsequently provide mutually dependent information related to selected portions of at least one final image, a plurality of the portions relating to image information necessary to recreate the at least one final image, one of the information storing components storing non-image data related to the final image, the non-image data related to positioning of image information recorded within an image information recording component of the system, wherein the information storing components are linked to provide the mutually dependent information related to the final image, the non-image data encoding selected aspects of the physical position of the image information recording component during initial image information recording within the recording component, and further identifying the corresponding final image to which the image data pertains, when the components occur within a plurality of components related to a plurality of final images, and a computer operated data managing program to apply the mutually dependent information in creating final images from information stored within the components.
  • At least one of the information storing components comprise photographic emulsion.
  • the information storing components comprise an electronic recording material, or the information storing components comprise a magnetic recording material.
  • the information storing components are distinct particles of a selected size, the particles occurring in an unfixed state before and after exposure.
  • the image information recording component is exposed to light to capture the selected portions of at least one final image
  • a camera managing the transport and exposure of the image information recording component the camera affects the information storage component to store the non-image data related to the mutually dependent information being captured.
  • An exposure area within the camera of a selectable size can affect the volume and dispersal of the components by the camera to and from the exposure area
  • the components are provided as aspects of an element, each element operable to store image and non image data and to subsequently provide a computer operating distinct image data managing software with sufficient information to distinguish the equivalence of at least one pixel of image information and to further distinguish a selected final image and placement within the final image where the pixel should be placed, within a final image.
  • the composite media imaging system can further comprise a camera operating in tandem with a distinct data generating assembly, a stimulus affecting the assembly generates at least information related to the position and shape of selectively distinguished image zones represented within the mutually dependent information recorded by one of the components storing image data, wherein the information related to position and shape pertains to exposure periods occurring when none of the components are being affected by the camera to store the mutually dependent information, the assembly providing intermediary positioning of the zones not available within image data of the element for extrapolating image information not stored within the components, the extrapolating at least involving computer modification of image data based on data recorded by the assembly when image information was not being captured, and the assembly sampling at least one aspect of a full visual related to at least one final image, the sampling occurring selectively more frequently for each portion of the visual than information recorded within the components, relative to the each portion.
  • a method for imaging comprising at least two information storing components operable to store and subsequently provide mutually dependent information related to selected portions of at least one final image, wherein a plurality of the portions relating to image information necessary to recreate the at least one selected final image, storing non-image data related to the final image in one of the information storing components, the non-image data related to positioning of image information recorded within an image information recording component of the system, linking the information storing components to provide the mutually dependent information related to the final image, encoding selected aspects of the physical position of the image information recording component in the non-image data during initial image information recording within the recording component, and identifying the corresponding final image to which the image data pertains, at least when the components occur within a plurality of components related to a plurality of final images, and applying the mutually dependent information in a computer operated data managing program to create final images from information stored within the components, the non-image data distinguishing image data relative to corresponding final images and final image aspects to which the image data relate.
  • An imaging system for tandem capture of information related to one or more final images comprises an image information collection and recording device for providing stimuli related to a visual to a first media capture module, the module capturing aspects of the stimuli as image information, and one or more second media capture modules for capturing additional information related to aspects of the visual, wherein the first or second module comprise linking data to selectively link distinct information gathered by the modules to inform a computer-operated image data managing program to generate final images related to the visual.
  • some portion of the additional information is captured during time periods in which the first media capture module is not operative to capture information.
  • the second module is positioned independently from the first module, gathering information not available for capture from the position of the first module, including information related to aspects of the visual at least partially represented within information captured by the first module, the information related to aspects affecting selected distinctions between final images and images represented by information captured by the first module.
  • at least the second module is one of a plurality of devices operating to generate data related to at least stimuli received by the devices representative of at least one aspect of the visual represented within information captured by the first module, the devices operable to be positioned within an area represented within the visual captured by the first module, including positions intentionally visually blocked by visual aspects allowing the devices to provide information affecting final images that do not reveal visually the devices within the visual information captured by the first module.
  • Figure 1 shows several recording particle "elements" comprised of an image recording media component and a non-image data recording material component.
  • Figure 2 shows three groups of processed and digitized image data components of a large number of elements.
  • the present invention relates to a composite media recording element and an imaging system utilizing the composite media recording element for tandem capture of information related to final images.
  • the tandem capture of information provides visual information and positional information.
  • a composite media recording element is provided which comprises at least two recordable information components operable to store and subsequently provide mutually dependent information related to selected portions of at least one final image, a plurality of the information related to selected portions including image information necessary for recreating the at least one final image, a first recordable information component storing image data, the image data stored in response to aspects of an initial light stimulus related to a visual, the final image being a representation of at least one aspect of the visual, a second recordable information component linked to the first information component, storing non-image data related to the image data, the non-image data related to positioning within a specific final image of the image data, the non-image data encoding selected aspects of the physical position of at least the first image information recording component during response to aspects of the initial light stimulus, and the mutually dependent information provided within the clement further
  • a composite media imaging system and methods of imaging are provided which utilize the composite media recording elements.
  • a composite media imaging system and methods of imaging are provided which comprise, in part, at least two information storing components operable to store and subsequently provide mutually dependent information related to selected portions of at least one final image, and a computer operated data managing program to apply the mutually dependent information in creating final images from information stored within the components.
  • module refers, generally, to one or more discrete components that contribute to the effectiveness of the present invention. Modules can operate or, alternatively, depend upon one or more other modules in order to function.
  • Recordable information component refers to an information receiving, storing and readable medium that is an aspect of a larger system related to a specific type of information, interdependent with at least one other information component of the same system.
  • “Mutually dependent information” refers to image and non-image information linked to affect, at least in part, the proper management of the image data by an image data managing computer operated program toward generating final images.
  • Fully image refers to the output image(s) of the system of the present invention, initiated by image data captured and allocated based on stored information recorded and subsequently read from linked system recordable media components.
  • Image information refers to visual, electronic or otherwise captured and readable information, for example, per pixel, specifically presenting color and other related visual data for recreation of visible media.
  • Constainment refers to an enclosed, light tight container for providing unexposed media, herein related to recordable media elements comprised of specific media components, and for also receiving such elements, following information recording, such as image capture.
  • Photographic latent image recording emulsion refers to known photochemical recording process of film emulsion being exposed to a visual stimulus, presented in the form of a light, and subsequently photochemically processed and typically "scanned” to digital data for further post production processes.
  • Electroneonic recording material refers to information holding media, such as magnetic recordable material, for example, as in magnetic tape and related media for holding audio and visual information.
  • Unfixed refers to elements presented as particles/granules, wherein, for example, photographic emulsion may be provided in many free standing particles that may be repositioned relative to each other, moved into selected spaces both for exposure to imaging stimuli and for containment.
  • One cooperative aspect of said mutually dependent information refers to within interdependent stored information related to final image generation by an imaging system, herein a cooperative aspect is image or non-image data, linked and captured specifically for affecting or being affect by this cooperative information aspect, toward manifesting a specific result within at least one final image.
  • Physical affecting means refers to a function of a camera through physical means, such as subjecting to released, compressed gas, or electronic means, such as changing position magnetically, to change the position of elements or recordable granules in relation to each other.
  • Electrode repositioning means refers to magnetic or other electronically affected means to move recordable elements, or particles, relative to each other; recordable aspects typically fixed on photographic celluloid or other position fixing (relative to images and portions of images) position.
  • Magnetic repositioning means refers to a magnet sensitive material responding to a magnetically imposed force to shift and/or affect the position of such material and what may be connected to such material, including other potentially non magnetic, recordable media.
  • Computer operated data managing program refers to a computer transform program operable to factor not only image information but related non-image information to create final images that the non-image information comprehensively allows to take form.
  • Recordable information components mutually dependent information refers to image and non-image data that are independently useless as each bit of image information is related to a freestanding recordable particle, thus non-image data must be provided and applied for such image data to be allocated properly to the correct image and image position, following likely randomizing after repositioning of such components in the removal and storage process, following image capture or exposure.
  • Front image refers to an intended final visual result related to the visual selected by a camera operator, thus related to the camera capture image visible to a camera operator and also used to expose (and record) at least one component of the elements of the present invention.
  • Distinct data generating assembly refers to a separate image capture system operating in tandem with the emulsion based capture system, providing consistent ancillary data related to aspects of images captured within emulsion, allowing fewer emulsion based images to be captured in order to achieve the result of more emulsion based final images than original emulsion using images captured, initially.
  • Image zone refers to an area within an image, both provided for capture and present within final images, images zones include at least discernable image zones, such as objects and consistent portions of images. For example, when an image of a human face features blue eyes, an image zone of the present invention may include the consistent blue iris color of the face, thus allowing a computer program to isolate such iris color for subsequent post production use and effects.
  • the present invention strives to maximize the value of each aspect of data that may be captured, reducing unnecessary large data stores used for perhaps a fraction of their entirety, and expanding options related to even existing ancillary recording systems or camera systems, to provide a new range of functionality to image recording and image storage.
  • the following examples and embodiments demonstrates the current configuration based on recording and storage of image information, capture devices, and ancillary technology.
  • Figure 1 shows several recording particle "elements" comprised of an image recording media component, 108, and a non-image data recording material component, 104. Herein these components are shown, mutually fixed within each independent, unfixed element. These elements are freestanding, (granules or particles are reasonable terms related to these small recordable bits,) and a physically repositioning affecting means places these elements at random within the exposure gate in selected density and general dispersal basis.
  • the data recorded by gate electronic recording aspect affects the non-image data recording element, 104, for example with specific reference data related to the resting position within the overall surface area of the gate, during exposure.
  • This "where in the gate was I during exposure” data corresponds thus directly to the position within an "image” provided to the elements, and thus a final image as well, as the image is being provided in the light stimulus provided to expose the image information, in this configuration photographic emulsion, 108.
  • Non-image data recording material, 104 for example, magnetic recording media, further stores information provided by gate electronic recording aspect 106 related to what image an element is related to, among a plurality of images representing individual distinct exposures to the light stimulus.
  • the exposed elements containment from which the elements removed from the gate are sent and maintained, in this configuration will hold a large number of randomized elements later to be allocated by computing means and a distinct image data managing program, to the correct final image and the correct point, (in this configuration pixel placement,) within the overall image.
  • Figure 2 shows three groups 202, 204, 206, of processed and digitized image data components of a large number of elements, given that potentially an element may hold as little data as that corresponding to a pixel or the equivalent, though larger element component sizes are indeed fine based on the aesthetic discretion of the desired system.
  • Image aspect corresponding reference 208 demonstrates computer and specific program operation to read the non-image data related to element 208, which is pointed out in it's randomized presentation prior to final image creation, and then after non-image data dictates which final image this element pertains to, and what aspect/position within that final image this element represents. Indeed, as demonstrated by elements 210 and 212 and their non-image data record as computer implemented, also occur in the same final image as element 208. This demonstrates the widely randomized elements due to the bulk containment following exposure; again, this containment is a box holding many elements, similar to the color particles occurring within a printer toner cartridge.
  • a toner cartridge provides particles that a computer must indicate where to place, in the creation of a printed image, the toner itself having no such reference to any specific image.
  • the elements in their particle form in fact "know” where they belong within a series of final images, by way of the non image data recorded within the appropriate component, (under the emulsion side, which faces up,) which receives such data for storage while the elements arc motionless in the exposure gate.
  • Options for maintaining maximum proper component in position may be achieved potentially by magnetic means, for example, the non-image data side being affected to pull down toward the gate.
  • a sufficient plurality of image information bearing elements may occur without such extra steps, with a proper quantity of elements being provided in a selectively effective dispersal within the gate.
  • the exposure gate can be of any selected size. By reducing enormously the weight, mass and surface area of raw material, for example, film stock, by eliminating at least the celluloid aspect and providing the unexposed emulsion in a powder-granulated-dust like form, the final image resolution result can be profound.
  • a gate can be larger than those known to 65mm and all related to 70mm motion picture systems.
  • the emulsion elements or granules exposed and blown by compressed gas, for example, into a containment for the exposed granules may provide to all final images data thresholds equivalent to, for example, 20k images and higher. See, for example, U.S. Patent 5,687,011 , and U.S. Application Serial No. 11/549,937, filed October 16, 2006, each incorporated herein by reference in their entirety.
  • a hybrid emulsion and digital originating camera features discreet cartridges similar to large printer-toner plastic cartridges, that like the old super-8 cartridges for film, may be popped on and off following expose of the entirety of a cartridge of such emulsion elements or granules, and each of these potentially surprisingly compact and light cartridges may provide final images many fold more resolved than the heavy, large, cumbersome 1,000 feet of 35mm film stock, and the single cartridge of the granules may further provide total recording time far in excess of 10 minutes per cartridge, improving on several aspects of emulsion imaging.
  • an emulsion originating camera requires a large celluloid emulsion magazine of film, allowing for only 10 minutes of capture time within the overall camera configuration.
  • a further embodiment can involve only emulsion as both recordable media aspects.
  • image data is recorded on side, or part, of the elements.
  • Recordable emulsion on the other side, or another part of the element might receive a visual or other appropriate stimulus encoding information, for visual recording and subsequent reading.
  • a usable code for the image data positioning information might be a micro bar code or other type of scannable-readable data encoding approach.
  • a third component, at the core of the granule or element that is potentially non-recordable, or possibly recordable may provide a core for emulsion to coat, potentially as a ball or particle featuring only recordable emulsion on its entire three dimensional surface.
  • recordable media is covering the gate area, at least entirely where each element granule occurs. Further the question of "which side is up" is no long an issue, the non- image data being potentially provided through a transparent gate floor where the granules rest during exposure to original visuals-light.
  • the dark side of the moon might receive an emulsion recording stimulus also, to store a bar code or other information encoding image for subsequent reading resulting in a granule with an image of just a part of the sun recorded on one side and a bar code, for example, on the reverse.
  • the image information can be potentially digitized or otherwise prepared for image display.
  • the information recorded on the dark side of the moon can provide reference to where within a specific final image of the entire sun that element's piece of the sun visual information will be provided in subsequent image data processing and final image creation.
  • film would be provided to the film gate horizontally, making the image size only limited “vertically” by the width of the film (gauge size,) such as 16mm or 35mm.
  • the film stock (16mm in this example though 35 mm is equally exemplary,) the film stock itself would not need sprockets; with the registration technology options today, and transport options, sprockets are cumbersome and wasteful of potential image storing media.
  • the present invention in the 35mm configuration, would provide an image of a resolution and quality (original) that surpasses any digital originating information capturing means existing, providing the sole option today to capture a visual that only "tomorrow's" digital or other technology will have the ability to approach, during image capture.
  • Film can be selectively provided by a conventionally positioned film magazine, (of the normal or "disposable" configuration disclosed herein, involving reusable magazines loaded and unloaded by the manufacturer only.). Film could be provided by a horizontally positioned magazine; meaning 90 degrees perpendicular to the normal upright position of film magazines. This precludes additional film management and positioning needs, such as rollers turning the film 90 degrees to get it into the horizontal position for the film gate, and then back 90 degrees again after exposure to replace within a vertical film magazine. This positioning of film stock is useful in the present configuration as described for the present invention.
  • the advantage is that, in the case of 16mm film, the visual can be selectively stored on an emulsion surface 16mm "high", or closer to 14mm if perforations are maintained on one side, and as wide as desired, in this instance, 33mm or wider, for example. Though, the width would be entirely selective, potentially, by virtue of the virtually unlimited left/right media space per visual.
  • the present invention thus provides means for generating 35mm, for example, wide visuals on 16mm film stock, and visuals in very close dimension to cinema and HD screening dimensions, requiring little adjustment or distortion in the processes of providing final images to these screens.
  • 35mm film stock would provide the critical means to originate material that surpasses the information capturing/storage means of any digital system, potentially for the foreseeable future.
  • the emulsion surface area will approximately quadruple the visual information per image stored in the film stock.
  • 35 mm double-sided emulsion film stock and modified 35 mm film cameras allow for an increase of emulsion area per visual of between 2 and 4 times, or more, than that typical to 35mm film capture, depending on the amount of overall recording time the magazine of film is selectively reduced to, for example, from 10 minutes.
  • a single visual is recorded horizontally onto the film stock, which is selectively positioned parallel to the horizon line, relative to the film recording plane, and the lens capturing the visual.
  • the recorded single visual would selectively occupy the space once allocated to, for example, three frames of 35mm images.
  • the dimension of such a recorded image is selectively very close to the horizontal dimension required for theatrical visuals, utilizing the increased emulsion made available, to a great degree and with minimal waste and "masking" needed to achieve the motion picture screen dimension, such as 1 :85 to one, or even more rectangular in shape.
  • sprocket holes are not necessary, in a film transport means based on a selected advancement distance; digital post production means may provide perfect registration of final images, (and matching of images by code or other means,) from one "side" or strip of the film stock and the other.
  • the sprocket hole and other film area may thus be employed selectively entirely in the recording of visual and other data, either entirely in the emulsion or within selected other means provided in the stock, including, but not limited to, magnetic recording material.
  • the present invention provides selectively mirroring or related optics/image diversion means may relay the lens image to one film gate on one side of the film stock, for recording, and then the other gate, in a staggered delivery, prior to the film stock being advanced to the next horizontal frame of unexposed emulsion; in this configuration, the film stock would thus need only be advanced twelve frames per second, to achieve the 24 fps overall recording, both sides having been utilized.
  • the image diversion means may selectively provide all, rotating mirroring or other means, or part of the lens image by beam splitting means, to each of the respective larger film gates.
  • the lensing and hardware would be naturally adapted to accommodate the selectively width variable film gates which now arc closer in size to the old "70mm” film gates, in size,(which recorded visuals closer to 50mm in actual recorded image width, depth of field and related photographic aspects selectively being affected by the change in "gauge size” or gate size, to the degree that optics and related hardware would need to accommodate same.
  • the present invention thus provides means to expose both sizes of film of a selected gauge size, with the use of 35mm film, for example, providing filmed visuals of a resolution far superior to typical 35mm filmed recordings.
  • These film recorded visuals would selectively provide more information per visual than conventional digital systems can deliver today, thus providing filmed visuals potentially more compatible with digital (and other imaging systems) of the future, as the larger emulsion area holds avast amount of visual information, surpassing image origination data typical to even the newest digital cinema options.
  • the present invention provides means to originate with film using "smaller” lighter equipment while resulting in the comparable "original negative” surface area, and resolution and quality, to larger film gauge bases. Further, the present invention allows for origination with familiar 35 mm systems, including the lensing and housings familiar to the industry, while resulting in visuals with quality and resolution comparable to "70mm” originated visuals, thus achieving the goal of surpassing the amount of visual information captured and stored during original photography of any digital system presently available, even if the initial use and screening means does not employ larger than existing digital technology, such as 2k or 4k, as the "existence" of an original "negative” that future technology can extract vastly more visual information from, for example, 20k, renders that project "future ready” and in fact more in synch with the future of digital cinema and television than any existing digital origination means may provide.
  • existing digital technology such as 2k or 4k
  • the staggered relaying of the lens image to one side of the film emulsion and then the other allows for the double sided film emulsion to be advanced once for it's entire length, without employing the other options of reversing the direction of the film, or employing a continuous "loop" and reversal-of-side or twist, means to allow the camera to expose one side of the stock entirely and then the other, entirely.
  • the present invention does not preclude those or other options being employed in the horizontal exposure of the film stock, on both sides.
  • the film in this storage e.g., magazine, would be horizontal not the typical vertical position, and thus parallel with the horizon, if the shot being captured were of a sunset/horizon for example.
  • the film would enter the camera mechanism or film gate area as with Arriflex cameras, in the horizontal position.
  • the sprocket holes on single per stock would selectively be occurring on top, or on the bottom of the stock, as it is presented to the camera film gate for exposure; without necessity, the present invention positions these sprocket holes on the bottom.
  • the sprockets occur on top and bottom; the present invention in one configuration involves film stock with only one side bearing sprocket holes, or in a further configuration, no sprocket holes as the digital domain eliminates the issue of registration, such subsequent picture matching occurring selectively in digital post production reducing concern over exacting position of film stock through the mechanism and film gate of film cameras.
  • the optics of film camera(s) would be modified to be similar to those of a larger gauge camera, as the present invention provides for exposure of emulsion areas typical to the "next step up" in gauge size: 16mm cameras providing more like a 35mm exposure emulsion area and 35mm cameras of the present invention providing a remarkable gate and emulsion exposure area potentially surpassing that of typical 70mm stock exposure by known 70mm film cameras (and 65mm, and others related to this large gauge size.)
  • the width of the exposure area would be, selectively variable and, typical to high definition television display, thus the ratio of width to height would selectively be the same or similar to that of the eventual intended display systems/units.
  • the width of the gate size could be variable in the present invention.
  • the actual amount of film intermittently moved through the gate area would change selectively based on the display system, or setting, intended for the material, potentially. For example, if the material is destined for conventional TV display, a 1:33 to 1 ratio of film would be exposed so the potential of the present invention in the 16mm camera configuration, would expose a negative image of approximately 14 mm X 18.6 mm.
  • the negative exposed and amount of film moved into the gate area would change to be approximately 14 mm X 23 mm; and if the eventual display were a theatrical screen as wide as approximately 14 mm high X 33 mm wide.
  • These dimensions are important, as with the theatrical screen shooting intent, it is important to note that the present 16mm configuration provides a significantly larger emulsion area for material that actually makes it to the screen, than today's typical 35 mm cameras, which for wide screen are often limited to capture emulsion dimensions for "live" material of approximately 14mm high X 21mm wide.
  • the film gate is in the same position basically, as all film cameras used conventionally.
  • the film gate could occur horizontally, or otherwise, to allow for the second film gate of the other configurations of this invention, wherein both sides of the stock are exposed.
  • the selective variability of the exposed frame width is a one aspect of the present invention, changing literally the length of film advanced into the film gate based on the desired width of negative selected.
  • film negative is never "cropped” and wasted as oft happens with 35 mm photography, wherein cropping vertically allows for the negative dimension to match the very rectangular shape of some film screens; the present invention allows thus for a superior image quality for such screens, on 16mm for example, than 35mm is capable of rendering via the currently configured camera systems.
  • Embodiments of the invention that need not be in one particular configuration, include the double sided emulsion film stock and the double side exposing film camera:
  • the double film gate disclosure of the present invention and filings may selectively not be perpendicular to the lens surface area, but positioned as typical film gates occur, though the two gates may be staggered (above and below, or at different points within the camera,) allowing for optics and selectively mirroring and/or other lens-image diversion means, to relay the lens image in it's totality, or a portion of it selectively if beam splitting is employed, to one gate and then the other.
  • reference information can be imprinted visually or by way of a data track or other recording means, to allow selectively the frames of film representing sequentially captured visuals, whether one exposed immediately after the other, or simultaneously, or later.
  • film stock may undergo looping or other related in-catnera management, via rollers and related components common to film cameras, in order to provide the reverse side of the same length of film stock for exposure. See U.S. Patent 5,687,011, incorporated herein hy reference in its entirety.
  • the length of double-sided film may be exposed in a staggered frame-by-frame approach, e.g., an image on one side, then the other and then advancing the film to the next unexposed portion of stock, or the entire length of film may be exposed by way of a single gate system, whether parallel or perpendicular to the image capture lens, or otherwise positioned, with the reverse side of the same length being provided via film direction reversal means, or continuous loop and mechanical turning of the film stock to provide the second side after exposure of the first, or other such physical approaches for providing same.
  • the double sided film stock can be employed as a recording "time” enhancement, not quality related, allowing for the two sides of the film stock to be recorded as discussed above, with a conventional "gate” and exposure dimension to typical film cameras.
  • the advantage therein being that recording time is exactly doubled, and conventional digitizing and film printing and processing machinery is set to deal with those particular exposure sizes, the vertical position of the images and the number of "perforations" per visual (or sprocket holes,) thus requiring only the issue of the potentially (selectively) thinner strips of film, if double sided film is "split" in to two strips prior to digitizing and/or processing and/or film printing, etc.
  • An objective of the present invention is to provide film stock, (whether single or both sides emulsioned,) that is the same or similar weight and thickness to the stock that cameras typically manage today, though this is not essential or a limiting aspect.
  • the present invention in the single sided configurations of the horizontally provided film stock, one configuration would eliminate sprocket holes/perforations, allowing the film to the moved through the gate through the motion of the rollers (holding the stock and/or within the camera,) to allow the extra emulsion area lost with such sprocket holes to become media/image recording space.
  • the present invention also works with the configuration of using typically available film wherein such sprocket holes occur.
  • the option of selectively adjusting the exposure area both with regards to width and height would be selectively provided in one configuration, to allow optimal use of emulsion area provided by a given stock's composition, for example, with or without perfs.
  • film stock of the present invention that lacks sprocket holes may be transported roughly by the machinery of the camera, with subsequent perfecting of the "registration" of the pictures to each other occurring in the digital domain, or selectively markers occurring optically or on other data storage means, as an aspect of the film stock, may allow for laser or otherwise guided registration and film transport, such guidelines or markers also providing the means for a variable transport camera of the present invention, those moving a selectively adjustable length of film into a selectively wide gate area, to precisely quantify the transport of an amount of film per exposure.
  • such cameras may operate ad variable speeds as with conventional cameras, however in the double sided configuration, wherein 24 fps is the anticipated final "digitizing" or display goal basis, even if altered in the video/digital real for digital display, the film need only be moved 12 time per second, in the configuration where the exposures are staggered (side 1, side 2, side 1, side 2 and so on), if the goal is to achieve a conventional 24 visuals per second of time.
  • the double sided, two sided emulsion coated film stock can be produced in a variety of configurations.
  • two lengths of "thinner" film stock are married to create a length of film stock that is a conventional weight and thickness for cameras, despite the emulsion occurring on two sides.
  • Other configurations of doubled sided two sided emulsion coated film stock can be produced.
  • an opaque partition between the emulsions, on each respective side can provide that in the digitizing stage of the double sided emulsion, the film stock may be maintained, and created as, a single strip, as with conventional film stock: It would thus mean that in digitizing light would be reflected back from the film emulsion, based on the opaque later behind allowing for such reflectivity, to allow for digitizing as with reflective art, rather than as with light typically being projected through the film stock.
  • Key filed frames can be exposed through the same lens as video/digital material, being used subsequently in the digital "recoloring" of that digitally originated material.
  • aspects of the present invention are not limited by the term video, as digital visuals and digital visual data is indeed applicable, if digital origination was employed, e.g., for the "high definition” material.
  • high definition images stored on tape does not preclude or is not limited in the present invention or that invention by how the digital (and/or video) images are stored, on tape, in a "drive", or on disc.
  • the issue is the selectively simultaneous exposure of video and/or digital material and filmed visuals of the same or similar visuals (through the same lens, or lenses selectively positioned to capture similar material.
  • the film gauge is 16mm film and the video media is digital high definition, e.g., digital data, and/or video data captured by CCD or other electronic capture means.
  • a further aspect of the invention provides means to capture visuals on 16mm that surpass 35mm conventional image quality, and 35mm images that surpass any digital capture for cinema means conventionally available.
  • the selective option of capturing fewer than 24 fps of film originated images is provided.
  • the "video tap" is in fact a high-definition video (and or digital) capture and storage means. This accomplishes the dual goal of enhanced preview on set during capture, by way of the digitally captured visuals, providing material at conventional digital rates such as 24 fps, or 29.91 , or 30 or other known options employed for digital origination.
  • the digitally originated visuals would contain cross reference image data related to the filmed visuals, e.g., selectively captured through the same lens, by way of beam splitting and/or image diversion means, such as mirrors and known optics, for later cross referencing between digitally originated (and stored) visuals and the film originated visuals.
  • Magnetic striping or visual reference, or other data recording means on film may be provided to allow for easy and selectively automatic cross referencing between the two types of originated visual material.
  • the film camera is primary, the digital unit relative equal or secondary with regards to "on line" capture material.
  • the expanded purpose involves the desirable aesthetic and post production use of film originated material, potentially different from rc-colorcd digitally originated material.
  • "morpbing" and related image extrapolation e.g., inferring, technology may provide proprietary software to allow for the following:
  • 16mm film may provide conventional 16mm and super 16mm visuals, vertically exposed, either on one or both sides of film stock selectively, which may be exposed at a selectively slower frame rate, e.g., 12 fps, to allow for a longer record time from a single roll of film stock.
  • horizontally exposed visuals may provide emulsion areas per visual as large as approximately 14mm X 33mm, surpassing typical 35mm film origination quality, and selectively without changing, or even while increasing the overall record time a single roll of 16mm provides.
  • the record time would at least be doubled to 20 minutes per roll, while gaining the approximate 35mm filmed quality emulsion area from a 16mm stock; digital extrapolation means and/or double sided film stock aiding the effort.
  • a further benefit of the horizontal exposure variable film gate and film advancing quantity would be selectively employed, allowing for filmed visuals of any gauge size)to maintain the full vertical available recording area of a film stock, such as 35 mm if 35mm sprocketless film were provided, while adjusting for the display ratio (1 :33, 1 :65, 1 :66, 1 :85, 2:35, all to 1) by providing a selectively larger (wider) amount of film stock for exposure per visual; thus affecting the length of each "advance" of the film stock, selectively intermittently, to provide the next portion of unexposed stock to the selectively varied film gate. Little or no waste occurs, or masking then, in providing a film stock ratio specific to a display ratio, all rectangular display systems, no
  • 35 mm film stock For 35 mm film stock, one configuration involves, as with 16mm camera configuration, film stock that no longer involves perforations/sprocket holes. However, accounting for same presently and still claiming the improved image recording area of one configuration when that is available, the present invention and the above means described, would allow for film capture of visuals superior to the old 70mm film originating, from 35mm film, while not reducing, in fact selectively increasing, the total record time provided by a 1,000 or other size or length of 35mm film.
  • the filmed negative of 24fps or fewer, may be stored and referred to in the future when that negative may provide image data for higher information management systems, such as 20k or higher, which present digital information would not be able to supply with visual data utilizing the capacity of such future, standard systems and options.
  • digitally originated material may be employed in affecting the final digital material, it's look or other aspects, selectively; the digitally originated material may provide improved resolution or aspects to the filmed images, inherent to such electronic capture, selectively able to be contributed to digital visuals created from referring to both digitally originated and film originated material.
  • a f ⁇ rrn(s) can provide the film stock for the system, whether conventional or adapted from what is typical, the digital "look management" and frame “inferring” or morphing software, the digital cross referencing between digital and film originated visuals, selectively exposed through the same lens selectively at the same or similar times, means to process and scan selectively horizontally exposed film frames of potentially different widths, among other necessary aspects of configurations of the present invention.
  • An incomparably efficient film camera would thus, in certain aspects, provide filmed material for the best present and future resolution options, with the ideal "video assist" in the form of high definition digital material captured through the same lens as the film.
  • the end result heing a minimally changed shooting scenario and equipment scenario on-set, an improved or at the least minimally affected shooting time per quantity of film stock, and an uncompromised or improved final "film originated and film look" digital result, selectively equal to or superior to such results from typical film systems of the next "larger" gauge size, (16mm providing 35mm quality, 35mm providing 70mm quality, etc.)
  • embodiments of the present invention improves the visual quality and/or efficiency of film capture.
  • optics may "turn" the lens image 90 degrees before providing it to a vertically positioned film stock, as with today's conventional film cameras, wherein a fixed or variable film gate, where the width of the exposure area on the film stock is sclcctiblc, is not in the usual horizontal position relative to the lens and scene being captured, but offset 90 degrees.
  • film magazine(s) of cameras need not be repositioned and film stock need not be twisted or repositioned to achieve a horizontal film plane relative to the lens, as disclosed previously.
  • the lens image visual (light) is turned and/or bounced to be relayed at a 90 degree offset, as occurs with flatbed film editing tables, the film stock image being turned for display on the projection monitor.
  • the optics of a 16mm system would be that of a 35mm Gamera, or other option, including custom made option, to allow for the larger image area relay to the film stock.
  • the image area for exposure on the film stock would exceed that of the "next up" film gauge, as the film would be exposed horizontally on the stock, relative to it's length, to allow for the image height to be limited only by the gauge size, and the image width to be variable, limited only by the selected image ratio, based on selected final display system/option dimension or ratio. See drawing.
  • the film gate is turned 90 degrees, is optionally of the variable type, as disclosed herein, and is provided with a lens image that has also been turned 90 degrees, to allow for proper exposure of the lens image in the ratio/dimension desired, though on film stock horizontally, as opposed to the typical film systems of today, wherein visuals are exposed vertically.
  • the width of the visual is limited only by the gauge width of the film stock.
  • Yet another embodiment related to the present invention is a hybrid digital and film camera, utilizing conventional 16mm negative motion picture film stock. This in no way limits the application of the following with regards to gauge size, and it should be noted that sprocketless versions of any film gauge size, (or sprockets on only one side as with single perf stocks,) would allow for proper application of the present option(s):
  • the conventional film gate (vertical) associated with 16mm motion picture cameras would be replaced by a modified "double sided gate,” which would accommodate two strips of 16mm stock, emulsion out, facing the lens image, allowing the sprocket holes of the stock to be on the "outside” of both strips, thus also on the left and right sides of the double gate.
  • the lens image delivered to the sidc-by-sidc strips of emulsion would occupy 4 conventional 16mm or super 16mm frame areas.
  • a single visual would be delivered to (selectively) approximately an area of emulsion, comprising the two separate strips, of more than conventional 3 perf 35mm image recording means/area; in fact, the actual area provided selectively by the present invention is 15mm high by 26mm wide, two vertical fram.es/perfs per strip, side by side, providing an overall area of 364 square mm. This is an improvement over the emulsion provided by 35mm 3 perf (1:85 to 1 image ratio) of over 5%, selectively.
  • the present invention would allow 16mm film cameras, with selected modifications, to capture the image data necessary to infuse digitally captured visuals with over 6k of per-image data.
  • Proprietary software would allow for such image captures on two strips of emulsion, to be referenced by time code or other image coding referencing means, for application to the respective selected digitally originated visuals, captured selectively through the same lens at, or in and around the time the key frames were captures.
  • This digitally originated material may be at a normal frame rate, such as 24 frames per second, selectively.
  • the selectively flickerless and selectively high-definition digitally originated material may selectively provide the image-zone (aspects') positioning data for proper allocation of the filmed key frame image data, in the creation of final visuals, (24 per second for example,) which embody in excess of 6k per visual image data, as a result of application of key frame data to more than one digitally originated visual.
  • magnetic and/or visual coding means on the film stock (selectively restricted to the film area to the thin side or edge of the perforated side of stock, or to other areas not restricting the emulsion area for image recording will provide cross referencing data for easy and/or automatic referencing between digitally originated visuals and filmed key frame visuals, for post production applications.
  • the film, stock in one configuration is from a single roll of unexposed stock, as with conventional film cameras, the lens image is selectively diverted to allow for recording of the full lens image by a digital capture and recording means, with the same lens image providing the full lens image for selectively exposure as a variable, e.g., 1:33, 1:85, 2:35, ratio image on film stock selectively providing an emulsion area larger than conventional 35mm capture, e.g., for cinema.
  • a variable e.g. 1:33, 1:85, 2:35
  • This film stock would undergo a repositioning, e.g., by rollers of other means, after initial exposure by the left side of the gate, allowing for the "flipped" stock to be returned for exposure by the other side of the gate, with the "emulsion area” still facing out, toward the lens image.
  • "double sided film stock” could allow for film to be returned to cither side, both sides containing film emulsion, with a final result of a single roll of film stock having both sides full exposed, embodying latent images within emulsion on both sides of a single celluloid strip.
  • conventional single sided 16mm stock is described.
  • each gate “side” would expose on, for example, two conventional "frame” areas, or emulsion related to two perforations of stock, and advance skipping the next two, as the other side can use that stock to expose the "other side” of the lens image, ongoing, intermittently.
  • Time code reference for each and every perforation, or image portion would make this jumble of visual parts easily sorted and allocated in post, automatically, selectively after a project has been edited from the digitally originated visuals, and final visuals are selected for affecting with the digitized filmed key frame visuals which are of improved resolution and/or aesthetic appearance.
  • a single key frame per second may be used to affect at least an entire "second" of digitally originated visuals, such as 24, a single roll of 16mm film typically providing only approximately 10 minutes of recording time, may in fact provide now 60 minutes, selectively, while also providing a final film originated "look" result of 4X the normal resolution provided by typical super 16mm systems.
  • more key frames per second may be exposed, and/or frames of different overall emulsion surface area, providing more or less recording time per roll of film. Should a roll provide 6 key frames per second, or one for every 4 digitally originated corresponding images, the recording time of a single roll of film still is not less than a conventional 16mm camera and recording system, at 24 fps.
  • the present invention can provide the film stock to a conventional "take up" spool, changing the mechanics of the film camera as little as possible or selectively necessary; the stock having traveled through the double sided gate twice, being the key modification and mechanical modification. Further, in a modified film camera, two rolls or two separate strips of film may be delivered to the double gate, allowing separate rolls to literally be transported in the same direction through the double sided film gate.
  • the advantage would be the amount of film stock overall, increasing recording time even further, the fact that smaller stock, for example, 16mm as opposed to 35mm, may provide images with higher resolution than conventional capture by 35mm stock, and the further advantage is the elimination of the need for "twisting" the stock through various repositioning means to allow it to be exposed, and redelivered to the other side of the double sided film gate, for re-exposure, selectively in the same direction (up to down,) as before, or in the opposite direction (down to up,) before return of the exposed stock to the take-up reel.
  • this system relates to a hybrid camera, selectively, wherein a digital image capture means captures through the same, or an adjacent, lens full conventional image captures at a selectively normal frame rate such as 24 fps, while the double-sided gate provides selectively very high quality filmed "reference" or key frames of the same or very similar lens image/visual.
  • the horizontal gate configuration would place the strips of emulsion selectively in contact, or very close proximity to each other, one over the other.
  • the selectively variable recording area of the horizontal gate area would expose selectively images from 4 perforations wide (for TV ratio) to 6 wide, (for 1:85 cinema) and up to 8 perforations wide for providing images of 2:35 (wide screen) ratio, which is remarkably a final image data per visual result of approximately 23k, from 16mm stock with recording time still improved per roll, at nearly 16 minutes.
  • a key aspect of the proprietary software of the present invention would be the digital means to "eliminate" the fold or "missing data" of the small gap occurring between the two strips of film.
  • the digitally originated images would contain all the data necessary, (at 2k resolution) for example, for seamless allocation of the "halves” of image data from the film stock, as a small line of "2k” image resolution marrying halves of much higher resolution, would not be jarring or noticeable.
  • an aspect of the present inventions software would selectively involve extrapolating acceptable "transition" image data between the separate halves of film stock, e.g., captures, for seamless final visuals from the system of the present invention.
  • An improved aspect is that to expose the emulsion areas detailed herein, no moving optics or moving "gate" aspects need be employed, as both strips of emulsion are exposed simultaneously:
  • 16mm double strip provides the resolution of single strip 35mm horiz. 8 perf.
  • a variety of configurations and options related to hybrid cameras are provided for imaging that allow for increased quality, recording time and other advantageous aspects for entertainment imaging, such as for cinema and television and other motion media.
  • one media captured selectively simultaneously with aspects of another media capture is used to affect the latter:
  • An all digital hybrid configuration is disclosed herein, for the purpose of extending the resolution, and amount of overall data per visual, possible to capture, for both still photography and motion media.
  • a high definition digital camera captures selectively both a full visual capture of a lens image, and selectively through the same lens portions of the lens image in higher resolution, wherein the portions are captured for the purpose of affecting, or being affected by, the full visual capture, which was selectively of a lower initial resolution.
  • one configuration of this invention involves a standard or "normal high definition" video (digital) capture of an image being delivered through a camera lens.
  • This is selectively provided by "video tap” configuration, deriving the image capture from only a portion of the lens image, and selectively also this full visual may be captured through its own independent lens, as a part of a single camera with multiple lenses, or as a separate camera altogether configured to work in tandem with the unit capturing the "higher definition portions of the visual for later applications with/by the full visual capture.
  • the full visual capture is garnered from a selectively minimal portion of the lens image, requiring only a small portion of the "light" or overall visual information gathered by that lens, for proper rendition of the lens visual in the aspect ratio selected, (such as 1 :66 to 1 , or 1 :85 to
  • This initial full visual capture may occur via familiar CCD or other "chip” or other single or multiple electronic capture means familiar with digital image capture, and recorded on tape, on a drive, or relayed for electronic transmission or any selected means for recording and/or relaying the digital data captured.
  • Time code associated or other visual labeling/tracking data means is provided and maintained/recorded relative to each visual of the full visual captures, for later use as an aspect of the present invention, and the objective of the present invention to end with modified digital visuals representative of the full visuals captured, though with overall resolution, and/or overall image data per visual, beyond what is conventionally possible.
  • a selectively high definition capture means such as a 4k digitizing chip(s) device(s,) or other means for capturing visuals of recognizably high photographic or cinema-graphic resolution.
  • herein means for providing over a selective period of time, such as a second, only a portion of the lens image, not the full visual captured by the initial (or other image capture means of the present invention, ) to the chip(s)/digitizing means.
  • this means for providing a portion of the lens image further comprises means to subsequently provide a separate, selectively overlapping or not, portion of the lens image.
  • the "chip(s)" or digitizing plane/means is not flat, but is cylindrical or of a circular or round shape, to allow it to moved, relative to the lens. Further, more than one "chip” or imaging plan/means may be involved in this "cylinder", or unconventional digital capture surface/means, allowing a second "capture” or another portion of the lens image to occur seamlessly and quickly after a previous image portion capture, so that in the course of a second of time, for example, one or more moving "chips" or image capture means, may be provided with new portions of the lens image to provide, for example, a 4k capture means with a plurality of new lens image portions (of visual data) resulting in a series of visuals that in tandem, may, for example, represent a composite of image- portion captures of a single lens image that when "assembled" into a single visual, may represent a single visual with, for example, 20k, 40k or even 120k of digital data, selectively per visual and/
  • the full visual capture itself, for example, a 4k, or even 2k, or even lesser amount of data per visual, may in post production and by way of time-code reference, be used as a "template” for assemblage of the plurality of "4k", for example, captures of portions of the full lens image.
  • This template provided by a full visual capture, selectively captured at 24, 29.97 or other typical digital video capture rate of visuals per second, thus contains useful image position data for an entire second of digital motion visual data, for the plurality of very high resolution image-portion captures to be "applied to.”
  • this process can be stated as the high definition image portions being assembled into a seamless mosaic with image aspects informed, position wise, by the full visual captures, thus the image portion captures are affected, rather than the full visual captures being affected.
  • the lens image may be diverted in part to provide the full visuals' information for capture, prior to optical or other means for focusing ,enlarging and/or delivering, selectively smaller portions of the overall lens image to the secondary recording means, such as the 4k option mentioned above, and further with means to revise and/or move to deliver a new portion of the full lens image for subsequent capture.
  • a single lens may provide all of the visual information necessary to capture an extreme level of visual information related to a single lens image- digital repositioning and modification means, (as proprietary software of the present invention, may provide new all-digital video camera systems with resolution and/or overall data captured being a selective aspect, based on "how many" separate image zone captures and how much data the capture means may handle.
  • a 2k image capture means wherein only three image zones are separately recorded each second, would result in a 6k imaging system, using the full visuals capture option to affect the 2k image portion captures, wherein only a maximum of 2k image capture technology is needed.
  • An example application may involve as simple a scenario as a static, fiat chip(s) or other image digitizing means, positioned in line with the capture lens; or selectively a digitizing means with limited repositioning means, such as "tilting" left to right, a selective amount relative to the lens image.
  • the image digitizing means such as chip(s),
  • an optic element, mirroring, prism means or other image diversion/delivery affecting means provides selectively 1/3 of the lens image, left to right for example, then the next third, then the next. Then, selectively, the thirds may be provided relative to the next second of visual data, for example, the in reverse direction, right to left.
  • the image portion selecting or diverting/delivery means may be a rotating mirror or prism, for example, which is returned to the "first third" of the image, automatically, by virtue of it's repeating motion and position; such as a prism being back to it's original position, after it rotates 360 degrees.
  • a selectively fluid if both lens image diversion means and capture means move, capture of different, subsequent aspects of the same lens image, may occur.
  • the image diversion means has an intermittent motion, stopping three times for example, as a new portion of image is delivered to a static image digitizer, such as a CCD for example
  • a 4k digitizing means may provide 12k of image data relating to the lens image, per second for example,(one complete visual composited, which may be used to affect 24 full frames of visual data, in essence "upgrading" the resolution of 24 "2k", or lesser resolution, visuals to 24 "12k” visuals, employing the single, composited/mosaic of 4k image data representing distinct portions of the lens image, all occurring in lesser resolution within the full visual data of the conventional, e.g., "video assist" or primary capture stage of the invention, digital images captured.
  • aspects of the invention include: How many distinct image portions of the lens image are digitized per second; How much they overlap with each other; How many conventional full visual digital images are captured per second; whether the lens, secondary optics and/or the digitizing means, chips or other means, move, are all selective options.
  • the primary issue affecting the choice of these options is the eventual display system(s,) both in regard to resolution, aspect ratio and frame rate.
  • the objective is to create digital visuals of resolution exceeding the capture resolution of available "full visual” digitizing means.
  • the software options making this feasible include means to affect visuals of the same, or similar, images, by way of time code, and other data options, cross referencing and in regard to image aspects that are identified to correlate: Lips moving over the course of a second, in a the continuous full visual images captured, 24 of them for example, may be enhanced in resolution in all 24 visuals thus, as though each portion of the visual has only a single high-high resolution reference, it is possible to extrapolate that the lips moving, as they "smile” maintain the additional digital data in the high-high resolution composite visual, or mosaic, only in slightly revised positions, informed by the actual position shifts of visual aspects recorded in the conventional full visual digital images.
  • the mosaic of high-high definition data may upgrade all 24 frames of corresponding video captured, full visuals, during the second that "single frame" of high-high definition information was captured, resulting in the single reference, or "key frame” of visual data.
  • the selective capture of a key frame of visual data from a portion of the lens image diverted from another portion, used to capture more conventional digital data, such as 24 fps of 2k digital visuals' data, is created at a selectively lesser capture rate, such as 1 overall total visual per second, for the express purpose of being used in affecting and modifying the more conventional digital material captured for a specific objective/reason, to "recolor" aspects/zones of the visuals to correspond to the "filmed color rendition" of those same image zone aspects; in the invention herein, to upgrade the more conventional full visual captures to a higher resolution, even a resolution, higher than any full-visual capture means existing may allow, through digital application, of the assembled key frame "mosaic" representing a single visual captured during the time a number of visuals were captured by the more conventional full visual means.
  • a hybrid film and digital cameras are provided wherein the media is configured in tandem for the purpose of capturing visuals with the visual quality of film and with a resolution amount of visual information surpassing conventional image capture utilized today:
  • a 35mm motion picture camera such as PanaVision units
  • selectively variable aspects of the optics occurring selectively after the lens image has been in part diverted to the digital capture unit, or other flickerless "video assist" aspect allowing for electronic capture of the lens image, focus a portion of the lens image only to the film plane, for film emulsion recording intermittently within the film gate.
  • the digital visual capture may occur through a separate lens, or other stage of the single lens capture process, in this configuration however a portion of the lens image is diverted for digitizing prior to the secondary aspect/process of the present system method's optics.
  • conventional "video assist” options such as the relaying of the lens image during the intermittent motion of the film, when the film plane is not receiving the lens image, may be employed selectively herein, allowing for conventional flick-free digital capture to couple with selectively conventional film capture process.
  • a "zoom lens" where focal changes deliver a selectively different portion of the total possible lens image or scene to the film plane, herein at a selectively conventional 24 fps, or slower rate, even 2 fps, for example, selectively different portions of the overall lens image are delivered automatically to the film for recording, frame after frame.
  • an image being originally captured at a given focal setting is delivered by lens optics toward the film plane for recording.
  • selectively variable and/or moving optical elements provide an amplification of what would have been the normal visual headed for the film plane, providing selectively half of the full lens image to the 35mm film plane, and then after intermittent transport of the film to the next portion of unexposed motion picture film, selectively the other half of the lens image is provided to the gate and film plane for recording.
  • the lens image is delivered in stages two in this example to separate pieces of emulsion, allow for distinctly different recorded visuals to occur within two sequential frames of film emulsion, overlapping in visual content.
  • digital means or other means may be employed in post production to create a single visual, representative of the full lens image (delivered to these variable optic aspects, or other electronic image delivery and varying means,) from the sequential film frames.
  • variable optics may provide 12 or less representation of the "left side" of the lens image that would be have been recorded on a single frame of film, and 12 or less representative of the "right side” of the lens image.
  • a visual of as wide or wider than the cinema screen ration 2:35 to 1 may be captured within two subsequent frames of 35mm motion picture film, providing a final visual, if the "sides" are married in digital post production, for such wide screen display means stored initially within an overall emulsion surface area many fold that which would have been utilized in capturing such a lens image, conventionally. This affects image quality.
  • variable optic means may provide, for example, 12 separate portions of a lens image, or less, or more, with portions of the lens image coming from different areas both horizontally and vertically within the original lens image.
  • Such a capture system then provides, from a single second of recording for example, 24 frames of high definition, or regular definition, digital visuals captured by the electronic capture aspect of the hybrid camera, such as the well known "video assist" aspect, and 24 frames of 35mm picture film, wherein selectively the configuration capturing two frames of 4 perf visuals for each overall framed scene visual, resulted in a visual quality, e.g. ,emulsion, more like 70mm film capture.
  • an imaging result may exceed any currently known approach to capturing images for entertainment.
  • the mosaic of captures from portions of the overall image provides a final emulsion surface area, per visual, that is enormous; in essence, as large as all 12 frames' recording area pasted together, more like still photography's 2 Vi" negatives.
  • the digital images or video captured may selectively provide all of the image elements' positioning data necessary to apply the filmed image, once assembled as one, digitally for example, per second, to the 24 frame of originated digital material.
  • the large "key frames" of data created by different subsequent frames of film that in tandem represent a single "scene" being photographed, provide all of the original visual data necessary for display systems of the future, that may exceed even 30k, for example.
  • a relatively unchanged camera configuration with optics including means to isolate distinct portions of a scene, through a lens, for subsequent recording on a film stock.
  • optics including means to isolate distinct portions of a scene, through a lens, for subsequent recording on a film stock.
  • the image "portions" recorded on film provide an increased emulsion recording size of a selected amount, for selective digitizing and assemblage, in association with the digitally originated material, or not.
  • 24 frames of digital material captured may be selectively applied to the extremely high resolution overall visual resulting from (even.24) distinct 35mm frames representative of a single "scene" framed by the cinematographer.
  • morphing and image aspect repositioning means may provide post production software to allow those 24 distinct captures from a single scene to result in 24 frames of the full scene, provide by the full frame original digital captures, with the potentially more than 6k of data per film, frame resulting in 24 overall frames of motion media, each and every of those 24 frames containing potentially over 140k of data.
  • a single 2:35 to 1 ratio visual may be captured within 24 frames of 35 mm emulsion as 12 "left side” portions of the framed scene, and 12 "right side” portions, (recorded in staggered order, left, right, left, right, selectively.
  • 24 frames of video material captured in tandem with the filmed images, even "video assist material”, may be referenced or employed in allocating the "sides" of filmed visual data, once digitized for example, to assemble 24 final digital images with selectively an image quality exceeding 12k, and likely approaching 20 k, considering the efficient use of the 4 pcrf emulsion area.
  • the 35 mm cameras of today may provide approximately 70mm originated cinema images, meaning images similar to those captured with 65mm or 70 mm "equipment” and film stock.
  • 16mm cameras for example, with the hybrid configuration, purpose and means herein, may provide final visuals well in excess of conventional 35mm cameras today. And, in any gauge size, while selectively extending the recording time of the film media. For example, if a lens image or scene is captured on film as 6 distinct areas, or portions, totaling the full scene, that is 6fps.
  • the net effect is while increasing image quality by at least 6 times, over conventional 16mm capture, the recording time of a single roll of film is quadrupled, as film is running at 1 A the normal frame rate; as film is capturing reference frames, while the digital aspect of the hybrid unit is capturing full frame visual data, including critical image data relating to the shifting or changing or repositioning of elements recorded during a single second, that may have been "missed" by the filmed frames.

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La présente invention a trait à un élément d'enregistrement de multimédias composite. L'invention à également trait à un système de formation d'images et un procédé mettant en oeuvre l'élément d'enregistrement de multimédias composite pour la capture en tandem d'information visuelle et d'information de position associée aux images finales.
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